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Only surrender will help you now

ah true

It is done

quod erat demonstrandum? I'll see what I can do?

Ohhhh unlucky...ok It will be a mighty task to convince the Buddhists of anything as they don't believe anything exists... what a chore...

There is no waste there is only learning There is no failure there is only learning There is no success there is only learning There is no learning

Fū Yue said: Intelligence is active conditioning, based on self-reflection of the past and future right now I would say this is true in part Do we choose our conditioning though / what to reflect on + the result of that? I would say yes and no. Why do we choose this or that? I rejected my forced conditioning (education) as my instincts told me that this wasn't right So which is greater?

Would not everything that we consider I be an expression of DNA? Including ones capacity for intelligence Do instincts drive intelligence? Why do I have certain interests? likes? I like a certain fruit or a certain type of music... where does this come from? Why do I have certain drives to study certain things? Why does one person become a teacher or another person an engineer and so on (are these instincts?)

Yes indeed, our wisdom is clearly evident. Madness and Enlightenment Same difference

Really (most) humans are just like mosquitoes We really need to break this parasitic mindset / consumerism

What is the difference between instinct and intelligence?

More important role only in the destruction of the planet and each other. Few use the higher processing ability of the brain.

hahaa

Victory shall be ours! NOW AND FOREVER!

This is what I think Animals + Plants are equal to Humans (animals) and have their own evolutionary path to follow both physically and spiritually I dnt think there is cross species reincarnation stuff going on I think when a soul is created it is given certain characteristics? I think in many cases animals are more intelligent than humans It is insulting to say that humans are the peak of evolution, saying that all other life is below us I would say some of my greatest teachers have been animals / mostly dogs as I have grown up with them *Howls* I think the closest thing to God on this planet would be a Dog I think even Buddhas would pale in comparison to the love, joy, courage and devotion expressed by a dog. I think humans have the ability to shape shift into animals - this has been documented across many cultures Literal or metaphorical or both hmm? Perhaps when spirit walking or "dreaming" However, The Druids believed the human race originally descended from trees, and each tree had specific magical qualities. They encoded these mysteries in a secret Shamanic alphabet, known as the Ogham, the origin of which is ascribed to Ogma, the Celtic god of poetry. http://www.natures-e...tm#.ULZoOIab90Q I think there is some truth in this too

It would be interesting to understand why me exists where does it come from / its purpose etc the idea in terms of 'spirituality' appears to be disidentification with 'me' Why is that/ what purpose..? Is it the whole way or half the way or? Or kind of like the flower doesnt think it is a flower it just is a flower? haha (offshoot from LSD thread)

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Perhaps I wonder if DNA is an expression of our spirit? Lightcode?

I have just starting looking more into Vedanta (Brahmanism/ Hinduism?)

@ Deci Belle I am sorry... perhaps Pure Being was too much From my perspective it was something (beingness) much more vast and "pure" ( as compared to my "ordinary awareness") I did not claim to be The Absolute (not in this instance anyway hahaha) I should have put a disclaimer of sorts... it was an attempt to explain an experience... though one could hardly do it justice I would have to show you / though this is not possible for me. I can only say, well this is what I felt and this was my method. So others if they so wish may be able to try and verify I said Perhaps one should say I have experienced states without concepts of self... and was just pure being / awareness - I am saying I experienced a state of awareness that was beyond body and my "ordinary awareness / concept of self" I was vastly more expanded in awareness/ perception mostly in terms of space / "emptiness" (that was maybe only 20 seconds - I had no intention for it, it just happened) When I say I am sure there are different levels of refinement in this regard This more or less says I am unsure to the degree of the awareness / its place on the spectrum of what... At the time I felt it was rather profound - I suppose I hold it somewhat sacred I shall "sacrifice" my experience however to these here forums... in order to collaborate + learn etc. + others may also learn from my experience or this discussion I guess another crude explanation would be Imagine that you are a tiny green pea... who in the middle of the night wakes up and finds itself to be a huge blow up beach ball... hahah From the perspective of the tiny green pea this is really amazing. In terms of logic? I see the universe (beyond human expression hahah) to be very logical If one has ever looked into sacred geometry / mathematics micro macro it would be difficult to say this is not so. From all accounts quantum mathematicians are for the most part very "religious / spiritual" As one sees the underlying divine order of things When I look back to Ancient Greece and other western esoteric practices... Math / Geometry / Astronomy / Music and so on have all been used as tools to go beyond (I think) The Egyptians called it the Science of the Divine Man... or the like? When Spirit and Science were one thing Who ever built the pyramids and other megalithic structures around the world had a profound understanding of both. Where did they go? and why the split? who knows The East seems to be well versed in Spirit The West seems to be well versed in Science One without the other I think is useless mostly.

Very Interesting lecture thanks Perhaps you would be interested in http://www.irishoriginsofcivilization.com/appendices/recentdiscoveries.html